Amy Davies was selected to swim in the London Team from the 22-24 February at the McCuallagh International Meet, Bangor, Northern Ireland. Amy was swimming most of the freestyle events and relays and made the finals in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle and helped the London Ladies make it a clean sweep of the relays ! Well done Amy and Team London!

The 2019 Surrey County Swimming Championships got underway over the past weekend with the first of 6 galas taking place at the Surrey Sports Park Guildford. A total of 37 swimmers from South Croydon Swimming Club have qualified and entered the championships and the first weekend of competition saw 14 of them take to the pool. By the end of the weekend’s swimming the club was in 9th place in the team medal table, with swimmers having collectively won 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. Individual highlights included:...

I was selected for the freestyle Swim England Talent camp at Millfield School just before Christmas with 45 other English 15/16 year old swimmers. We were split into groups, I was put into the 200 freestyle group with 2 other girls and 3 boys. The camp was a very busy four days, with 2 x 2hr swim sessions a day. In addition to the 16 hours of swimming I was also involved in 2 strength and conditioning sessions as well as talks about nutrition, arena skills and psychology of races,...

SCSC enjoyed a hugely memorable, enjoyable, special and successful evening on Saturday.1st December at the club's 10th Year Anniversary celebrations at Warlingham Rugby Club. Mark Foster was an incredible highlight and inspirational guest speaker and it was wonderful to have him join the club to help us celebrate all of the club's, coaches and swimmer's achievements over the last 10 years. As always thank you to John, Greg, Tsvetan, Mariana, Louise & Rianna for being such a supportive team of coaches. Huge thank s to ALL the people who made...

Early December saw the final set of galas in the National Arena Swimming League season, with South Croydon Swimming Club triumphant in their match held at the Pavilions in the Park pool in Horsham. After 4th and 5th places in the first two galas of the season, the club’s last fixture was the one that would decide which clubs would stay in Division 1 (East) for another season. Competing against five other teams from across the South of England, and with two teams to be relegated at the end of...

The National Arena Swimming League season started last weekend, with South Croydon Swimming Club in action in Division 1 East in the Southern League. Split into 6 regional leagues, and divisions within these, the National Arena Swimming League sees 53 galas swum on the same day, featuring over 340 teams, 10,000 swimmers, 1,100 officials as well as countless helpers, all with the aim of finding the most competitive swimming clubs across the country The National Arena Swimming League season comprises three galas swum in October, November and December, after which...

Good Luck to our Teaching and Pre Squad Swimmers who are set to compete at the SCSC Teaching Gala on Sat 29 September at Royal Russell School, Coombe Lane, Croydon, CR9 5BX 3-6pm Please remember to bring water bottles and T-shirt for Poolside. Thank you to all the volunteers who have arranged this event and for all those giving up their time to help on the day

Swim Serpentine this year was not blessed with good weather and the rain did set in around mid-day. This did not deter the Corby family who were set to complete the 2 mile swim (Ella, Richard and Anna) Richard was set on receiving a coveted London 'Classic' Medal for completing the London Marathon (4 times) London Prudential 100 mile Bike Ride and the 2 mile Swim Serpentine. First home was Ella who was 2nd Lady overall (1st British Lady swimmer) and won the wave in 44.51 minutes. Anna was next...

South Croydon SC Octopus Team secure a fabulous Runner's Up place in the final gala and overall in the league 2018 on 22 September at Beckenham Spa. Team Manager, Hannah Davies said that she was so proud of the whole team and every swimmer who attended in galas 1-5. Great Result All. Thank you to Hannah Davies who organised the whole team and helped with organisation of the league and refereed at the galas. Thank you to Mariana and John (at the last gala) for coaching poolside and to our...

SCSC's Amy Davies qualified for the 16 years age group at the British Swimming Summer Championships in the 50 (16th) 100 (11th), 200 (7th), 400 (6th) and 800 (13th) freestyle as well as the 200 IM (22nd). Amy began the week by swimming to a brilliant 7th place finish in the final of the 200 freestyle in a 2.05:80 just marginally outside her PB. On Day 2 Amy produced a solid swim in the 800 freestyle to finish 13th and 16th in the 50 free on Day 3 followed by...